It's no big news that Keith Olbermann hates Bill O'Reilly, and vice versa, but the Washington Post today reports that the feud between the newsmen has gone from funny to scary, sparking some very real insidious scheming at O'Reilly's employer, Fox News.
If you've foolishly been watching Fox News in recent weeks, perhaps you've noticed that O'Reilly et al have been ramping up their attacks on General Electric, parent company of Olbermann's network, MSNBC. Veiled as outrage over GE's business dealings with Iran (and thus terrorists), Fox's finger wagging was culminated by O'Reilly declaring that if he had a kid killed in Iraq, he'd "blame the likes of [GE CEO] Jeffrey Immelt." Typical Fox fearmongering, right? Wrong, according to the Post, which claims that Fox's negative portrayals of GE are just the network's way of attempting to get MSNBC to rein in Olbermann's nightly attacks on O'Reilly. If MSNBC agrees to reprimand Olbermann, says the article, Fox will make its negative coverage of GE go away. Neat, huh?
Despite it all, The O'Reilly Factor is still the most-watched cable news show on television.
Click through for one of Olbermann's many blistering attacks on "Bill-O."
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It's time to take Fox News Network down. They wield too much power and Absolute Power corrupts, absolutely.
Besides they give Bush's cronies and sidekicks are soap box.
"The O’Reilly Factor is the most-watched cable news show on television."
You're being facetious, right?
This happens all the time at the elementary school playground. Someone needs to get the "playground duty teacher" to regulate.
God bless Keith Olbermann.
Fox News Network is nothing but a cockroach and Bill O'Reilly is one of its droppings…..Exterminate the Cockroach and that will take care of of that piece of shit Bill O'Reilly. Why anyone would watch Fox news Network is beyond me. I hear their ratings are dropping like a 100 pound weight. GOOD!!!!
When is this clip from? Keith look a lot different now, so it must be at least a few years old?
Their both douchebags, both pander and both do thier share of "fearmongering". One is more creepy than the other (Bill, obviously), but they both have a false sense of entitlement and both can kiss my ass.
To his credit, I loved Keith Olbermann on ESPN with Dan Patrick. DA DA DA, DA DA DA!
Keith Olbermann has gone from some I respected to a rolling piece of shit! Even I find the O'Reilly rants to be over the top when they are the focus of every single episode of Countdown!
Every since Olbermann started to lick Obama's balls and be one of his hacks along with his asshole sidekick Chris Matthews they can both go fuck themselves!
I wish someone had the time and stomach to collect Faux News advertisers identities. Using bad publicity might take away a lot of revenue from that fascist propaganda network.
mae: I loved Keith when he did sports on the radio in L.A. :P
Keith Obernman AKA Keith Over-bite show she be called "Count down to low ratings" He is an idiot with his obsession about Bill O'Reilly. It overshadows everything he does and detracts from his effectivness leaving his credibility in shambles. I think he's an embarrassment to all legitimate journalists because he's nothing but a fool reading a teleprompter.